Oh, I love some bad green screen effects! I don’t usually comment on K-pop’s music videos, but the new one for X:IN’s Dazzle Flash is unintentionally hilarious, as the group soars over various landscapes on a futuristic hoverboard of sorts. Honestly, I’d rather see this level of cringe than the latest look-alike video from a trend-chasing comeback. At least these visuals are memorable!
As for the song, Dazzle Flash also boasts ambition that takes some strange turns. The group tries their hand at K-pop’s latest trend: talking charismatically over a club beat. The club beat in question is a fun one, as if the producers typed the prompt into ChatGPT and emerged with a satisfying (but terrifyingly predictable) ‘oontz oontz’ thump. The girls proceed to speak awkwardly over this production — cooing, taunting and adopting as many modern girl group affectations as they can. As with the video, its clunkiness has a certain charm the first few times. However, without an actual chorus in sight, Dazzle Flash quickly loses its novelty. The pre-chorus is nice, though!
| Hooks | 5 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 6 |
| Bias | 6 |
| RATING | 6 |
Grade: D-
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I actually like the beat here, it gets pretty sprightly often and gives the song some personality, it’s like RRRUN but that song still had fun verses. And the girls’ vocals are pretty weak except for Nizz (the one who sings the pre-chorus), and them singing in affected tones doesn’t help either. So it’s basically a producer’s showcase featuring the group, as always, sigh.
7.25 (6, 9, 7, 7) for me.
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Also, the fact that ever since this year started, every week or so, we’re getting a song rated in the 6s as compared to an 8.25+ rated song in who-knows-how-long is depressing… time to prepare a Nicki Minaj coke rant if I see another song rated 6 or below…
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